Protect the right to strike
Branch Secretary addressed the TUC emergency protest in Parliament Square on Monday 22nd of May. Watch his rousing speech in defence of the right to strike here
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NHS Pay deal 2023
The NHS Staff Council met on 2 May to make a decision on NHS pay. The majority of NHS workers and their unions, including UNISON, voted to accept the pay offer. It has taken months of strike action to force this from the government, but today’s decision means we finally have a deal. UNISON has […]
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ALL MEMBERS PAY CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Industrial action by UNISON members has been suspended as we have now secured an offer from the government on pay. There will be no further industrial action while this offer is consulted on with UNISON members across the country. Make no mistake, this is an enormous step forward in our campaign! Thanks to the efforts […]
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UNISON to recommend acceptance of NHS pay offer
If accepted, the offer would boost pay significantly this year and mean a wage increase next year that’s more than the government had budgeted for. Commenting on the 2022/23 and 2023/24 pay offer to NHS staff in England, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “It’s a shame it took so long to get here. Health […]
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LAS UNISON Strike Update
You will have seen in the press, on social media and possibly on your emails (if you have given us an up to date email address) that UNISON have suspended our industrial action scheduled for the 8th March to allow talks with the government. The decision was taken after the Department of Health and Social […]
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UNISON to suspend strike to enter NHS pay talks with government
The government has finally promised extra investment in pay for both this and next year. The strike planned for next Wednesday involving thousands of ambulance staff and other NHS workers has been suspended to allow UNISON to enter pay talks with the government, the union said today (Friday 3 March). Following a meeting of its […]
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NHS Pay Update
We are in an ongoing dispute with the government on NHS pay in England.You may have seen press coverage today that the government has written to us with a formal invitation for negotiations on NHS pay.We still need to get clarity on a number of key points so we can understand whether this is a serious proposal. As […]
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Mythbuster: NHS pay
10 ways in which the government is distorting the truth in the ongoing dispute over NHS pay As UNISON members prepare for a fifth day of strikes in England on 8 March – with thousands more health workers preparing to join the action – the government stubbornly refuses to engage in talks with all the […]
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